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Big Soup - Luke Vibert (Archive)

Next up in the series and hailing from Montreal is phubu (@phubu), who's also known from her many interesting works as RAMZi. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hi Phoebé, great to have you on board. You're from Canada, what has been keeping you busy there lately? 

P: Lately i've been reconnecting with family, old friends, and myself. I went back to university where, after trial and error, I'm now enrolled in 'fibres & new material practices' and this program in sustainability, which combined, should respond better to my visions and ambitions. I try to be outdoor as much as possible, 're-materializing my life' after too much computer time last winter (university on Zoom). Recently I started to work at this community based garden and just started my dream job working in a myco-lab where they grow mushrooms for their medicinal properties, among other projects. Also I just got back into composing music after 1 year break. I found a synth in this thrift store that is finally giving me some inspiration.

MFM: People might be more acquainted with your other project as RAMZi. What is the reason for you to use your phubu alias for this occasion? 

P: RAMZi is a wild spirit and also refers to a parallel autonomous world that keeps evolving. It's never been about me, I always see that entity is bigger than myself. Its why I've been reticent to promote the music with pictures of me. The music remains as doorways to that world. Phubu is an alias I use sometimes for dj mixes, it was one of my names in high school and always liked it.

MFM: Your music is very versatile in sound and sonics, it rarely ever sounds the same. Where does that come from, can you share a bit about what inspires and influences you? 

P: That's nice to hear cause often I feel I used some of the same sounds over and over. Its also what made my sound signature I guess. My main influences are from growing up in the 90s between Montreal and the countryside in this very free-spirit, progressive, intercultural, artistic environment. I grew up with my dad listening to music from all over the world, much jazz and experimental music and we use to go to music festivals during summer. He exposed me to cultures that create musical fusion of genres. That gave me this strong impression that music has no borders, it can transport you in some far off state of mind without bringing you to a specific geographic place.

MFM: So do you listen to other music a lot then? 

P: Yes I do, I listen to NTS and Youtube quite a lot. I often need music to soothe myself. I like to be transported in another world, I seek music that elevate me spiritually.

MFM: Do you have a specific go-to approach or workflow when composing? 

P: It's quite a go with the flow, intuitive approach. Now that i'm more stable and have the space, I want to work with musician friends in my studio for my next album. Being busy with other projects, anything else than music, always helps me to feel more inspired when I get back to composition. Music can't be the center of my life, and I never wanted it to be, but it became difficult to keep a distance from it when I started to go on tour. 

MFM: Thanks a lot for your contribution. Initially you said you had been struggling to finish another mix. Do you find it a challenging task? 

P: Every time it’s like a puzzle. I always have tracks of different genres for which I need to find a way to make it all fit together as a narrative, a journey. For me it only works by playing around in Ableton Live, let intuition, luck, my environment and personal events enter in the equation. I always like to make my mixes in Ableton – it has a sound collage approach to it where I can slice and edit, add layers of voices, play around with the tempo and pitch. I tried to use CDJs this time but that didn't inspire me much so went back to Ableton. Hopefully there’s a flow somehow :)

MFM Mix 028: phubu

I've had a little haitus from the radio, but I'm back now <3 
I Hope you enjoy this show as much as I did. 
I will upload the one's missing from earlier this spring as well. 
Thank you all so much for listening <3
Let me know your favourite track!:)
(also,all these incredible pieces of music can be found on Bandcamp. Please support the artists if you can)

Track list: 
Ulla - Both Feelings
Ulla - Clearly The Memory
Channelers - soft billow
Ben Seretan - Fog Rolls Out Rabun Gap
Matt Bachmann - Spider Dribble
Ulla - Far Away
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra - Movement 1
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra - Movement 2
x.y.r. - Underwater Jungle
Clariloops - Clouds
Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw - 144.00 Rose Petals
Brin - Calm Like a Balm
Carlos Nino & Friends - Ripples, Reflection, Loop (w.Laraaji, Jamael Dean, Sharada)
Zac Colwell - Summer Sprinklers
Patricia Wolf - Dawn Chorus One
Ishmael Cormack - June 28th
Matt Bachmann - Wave Hello
Teebs - Slumber
O Yuki Conjugate - Crosswise
K-LONE - Happened - Cool Maritime
The Humble Bee - Technical Press
Charlatan - On The Cheek
Jason Kolàr - 05.09.19
COCONUT DEALERS - Tropical Miasma 1

Calm Roots 16 w Alex Rita

"Floating state within various ambient atmospheres. From celestial surroundings to earthly airs. This journey comprises a whole, a time span that aims to describe an abstract landscape, without a specific roadmap yet with meaning. From an empty (balmat in catalan) space of time, a sketch of textures and infinite sensations has been outlined. Bon appetit."

Balmat (@balmat_cat) is a new label with a cloudy outline.
Jointly shepherded by Albert Salinas (@wooky) and Philip Sherburne (@psherburne), two friends living in Cardedeu, Catalonia, and on the Balearic island of Menorca, Balmat grew out of Lapsus Radio, a weekly show on Spain’s Radio 3 (https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/lapsus). Balmat’s mission is simple: to foster new ideas, expand upon personal obsessions, and put enveloping sounds out into the world.
“Balmat” means “empty” or “void” in Catalan. But quite apart from any negative connotations, we prefer to think of it in terms of possibility: a space waiting to be filled.

https://balmat.bandcamp.com
https://www.lapsus.cat 
(@lapsus-records)

HOCast #71 - Balmat DJs

Bianca Lexis' versatile approach to finding music from all over the world is echoed in her biweekly show on NTS Radio, which produces some of her most eclectic recorded sets. Outside of radio, you can catch her playing at late-night parties in Los Angeles like A Club Called Rhonda, Into the Woods, and Moony Habits. Listen to her T27 exclusive mix to be transported into the Californian West Coast on a languid 90° summer day.

Tracklist:
Begin - Help Me
Pablo's Eye - La Pedrera
Jeanette - Corazon De Poeta
Asobi Seksu - Taiyo
bar italia - Nurse!
Luna - Bonnie And Clyde (Clyde Barrow Version)
Elia y Elizabeth - Descripción
Joao Donato - Emorio
Zé Roberto - Lotus 72d
Cheryl Glasgow - Glued To The Spot (Club Mix)
Dunkelziffer - Trailer 2
Bagarre - No Toys
Marina Lima - Crinça
Alsace Lorraine - Summer Days At Home
Emiliana Torrini - Unemployed In Summertime
Jack J - Foolish Man
Saint Etienne - Kiss And Make Up (Midummer Madness Mix)

Bianca Lexis for TERMINAL 27

18.09.2025 SON OBJET

Full tracklist: https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-311-u

This is a collection of songs and recordings from U's archive on Archenfield, a place that exists beneath the drifting borders of England, Wales and the Forest of Dean. The mix explores the area's musical history, humour and the sometimes overbearing legacy of senior nostalgia on modern rural culture. Amidst cheeky spoken word passages, rolling waves of piano and agile bucolic guitars, and twanging transatlantic connections, U juxtaposes different versions of folksongs and standards. Lydbrook Silver Band’s performance of ‘Edelweiss’ is dreamily mournful with ghostly brass arrangements, the sound of gloomy moors and overcast marshes switched out for Christine Turner’s arresting voice, while U transitions from Michael Tanner & Alison Cotton’s mystical plucks and string to his own ominously tolling drums and stories of ‘Black Vaughan’.

Bleep Mix #311 - U

Hugo De L'eau - Trancecast (Décembre 2025)

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Some old & new faves for your meditative pleasure.... 

www.goodmorningtapes.com

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